TeamRock News In Brief July 12, 2016

TeamRock's roundup of all the news snippets from the world of rock and metal today – featuring Tool, Hammerfall, Alice In Chains and more

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Here is TeamRock’s roundup of all the news snippets from around the world of rock and metal on July 12, 2016. Compiled by our news team at TeamRock HQ. For today’s regular, more in-depth news stories, click the ‘News’ tab in the menu above.

PJ Harvey has announced a 19-date European tour.

The run of dates get underway on October 10 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and conclude on November 6 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

The tour has been set up in support of Harvey’s ninth studio album The Hope Six Demolition Project, which was released in April.

Harvey will be joined onstage by long-time collaborators John Parish, Mick Harvey, and Jean-Marc Butty, along with Alain Johannes, Terry Edwards, James Johnston, Kenrick Rowe, Alessandro Stefana and Enrico Gabrielli.

Anywhere – featuring members of Nirvana, At The Drive-In and The Stooges – have announced a triple 7-inch vinyl package.

The collective features Cedric Bixler Zavala of The Mars Volta and ATDI, Mike Watt of Minutemen and Iggy & The Stooges, Christian Eric Beaulieu of Vertical Scratchers, Phil Manley from Trans Am, Krist Novoselic of Nirvana, Jonathan Hischke from Hella, Bret Constantino and Matt Holliman of Sleepy Sun, Greg Rogove and Isaiah Mitchell of Earthless and Golden Void, Larry Boothroyd from Victims Family and Naima Mora.

Anywhere’s The Light Portals is available in a limited edition of 300 on black vinyl with silkscreened packaging by Alan Forbes. The second edition is a mini box set limited to just 75 copies.

The box set features all three singles on splatter vinyl, and embroidered patch, a custom 7-inch turntable slip mat, a dye cut vinyl sticker, silkscreened cover art by Alan Forbes on lava foil stock and a custom hand made pine box with acrylic lid.

Anywhere The Light Portals tracklist

Scotland’s T In The Park is officially one of the most crime-ridden music festivals in the UK.

This year’s event, which took place at the weekend, was the scene of two deaths thought to be drug related and the alleged rape of an 18-year-old woman.

An ATM cash machine was also stolen from the site.

The Herald reports that there were 429 recorded crimes and 54 arrests at TITP this year. More than 70,000 people attended the three-day Perthshire festival over the weekend.

In comparison, crime fell at this summer’s Glastonbury festival to the lowest levels in its history.

Maynard James Keenan will head out on a book tour in support of his upcoming biography A Perfect Union Of Contrary Things.

The Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer frontman has announced two dates so far – at Nashville’s City Winery on November 9 and Thalia Hall in Chicago on November 16.

The authorised biography is due for release on November 8. It was written by Keenan with the help of his friend Sarah Jensen and is available for pre-order.

Alice In Chains vocalist William DuVall has given an update on the two documentaries he has been working on.

The singer is producing and directing All Alone Together: Neon Christ And Atlanta Hardcore, about the hardcore punk scene in the city in Georgia, and also The Wisdom Of Milford Graves, about the iconic jazz musician.

On All Alone Together, DuVall tells 98.9 The Rock: “We’re still doing it for sure. And it’s definitely gonna happen. We’ve had a couple of personnel changes on the team, but it’s all for the good.”

And on The Wisdom Of Milford Graves, he adds: “I’ve self-funded that film for all of these years, and I’ve just been waiting for the ending. And the ending, I think I may have figured it out. But it involves going over and shooting in Europe and things like that. So we’re gonna get that done. And then we’re gonna edit it, and that’s the big mountain to climb.”

Hammerfall have announced a European tour kicking off in Germany on January 12, 2017.

Branded Built To Tour, the trek includes 21 dates. Guitarist Oscar Dronjak says: “It’s been a hectic time juggling the remaining shows of the tour with songwriting and, ultimately, recording, so the name of this venture feels very fitting.

“The World Wide ®Evolution was a resounding success on every level with half of the shows sold out, and we can’t wait to get back on stage again to have a gigantic heavy metal party every night with all our Templar friends.”

The band’s as-yet-untitled 10th album is due for release on November 4 via Napalm Records.